highest steals per game in nba history by a forward

Rick Barry has gotten the most career steals per game by a forward, with 2.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest steals per game with a minimum of 400 games played in NBA history by a forward
NAMESPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Rick Barry
R. Barry
2.0
554
35.4
21.2
5.2
5.7
0.5
8.6
19.1
44.9
1.0
3.1
33.0
3.9
4.2
91.6
50.5
0.9
4.3
2.5
19,585
11,729
2,876
3,163
1,104
269
574
1,464
2Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
2.0
1,178
34.9
16.1
6.4
5.2
0.8
6.3
13.3
47.3
0.8
2.5
32.6
2.7
3.8
70.4
53.6
1.8
4.6
2.8
41,069
18,940
7,494
6,135
2,307
947
3,257
3,329
+2022
3Julius Erving
J. Erving
1.9
702
34.6
22.8
7.1
4.0
1.6
9.0
17.6
51.2
0.0
0.2
25.3
4.8
6.2
77.4
56.2
2.5
4.5
3.1
24,285
16,019
4,967
2,785
1,319
1,117
1,951
1,953
4Paul George
P. George
1.8
760
35.1
22.1
6.5
4.0
0.4
7.6
17.2
43.9
2.8
7.3
38.3
4.2
4.9
85.7
57.1
0.9
5.7
2.8
26,698
16,821
4,957
3,061
1,341
330
2,155
2,047
+2983
5George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
1.7
528
30.7
17.2
9.8
3.8
0.4
6.4
14.3
44.8
0.0
0.1
8.0
4.4
6.7
65.1
49.8
3.0
6.8
3.5
16,194
9,090
5,177
1,985
923
236
1,291
1,984
6Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
1.7
991
31.7
13.2
4.5
2.7
0.5
4.7
11.4
41.4
1.2
3.4
33.9
2.6
3.6
71.5
50.8
1.2
3.3
1.8
31,440
13,058
4,448
2,631
1,721
522
1,791
2,586
+1818
7Larry Bird
L. Bird
1.7
897
38.4
24.3
10.0
6.3
0.8
9.6
19.3
49.6
0.7
1.9
37.6
4.4
5.0
88.6
56.4
2.0
8.0
3.1
34,443
21,791
8,974
5,695
1,556
755
2,816
2,279
8Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
1.7
773
31.8
20.5
6.4
3.1
0.6
7.4
14.9
49.8
1.7
4.3
39.2
4.0
4.6
86.3
60.5
1.2
5.2
1.7
24,592
15,849
4,914
2,383
1,337
492
1,296
1,275
+4726
9Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
1.7
802
34.7
19.5
4.6
3.8
0.6
7.4
14.3
51.2
0.9
2.4
38.9
3.9
4.5
86.7
59.8
1.2
3.4
2.6
27,813
15,659
3,662
3,047
1,334
481
2,058
1,643
+243
10Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
1.6
607
32.7
19.2
5.6
4.9
0.4
6.2
12.7
48.5
0.7
2.2
33.3
6.1
7.2
85.3
60.4
1.9
3.7
1.7
19,871
11,664
3,421
2,947
977
243
1,010
806
+1810
11Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
1.5
1,073
36.7
22.1
11.7
3.9
0.8
7.9
14.5
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
39,330
23,757
12,546
4,215
1,648
888
3,376
3,287
+532
12Robert Covington
R. Covington
1.5
614
28.2
10.8
5.5
1.4
0.9
3.6
8.9
40.9
2.1
5.7
36.2
1.5
1.8
81.1
55.7
0.9
4.6
1.4
17,326
6,637
3,385
884
938
578
861
1,738
+416
13LeBron James
L. James
1.5
1,473
37.7
27.3
7.6
7.5
0.7
10.0
19.6
51.1
1.7
4.7
35.0
5.6
7.6
73.7
59.5
1.2
6.4
3.5
55,581
40,167
11,152
11,011
2,206
1,087
5,137
2,611
+7217
14Shawn Marion
S. Marion
1.5
1,082
34.0
14.7
8.4
1.9
1.0
6.1
12.7
48.0
0.6
1.9
33.1
1.9
2.4
81.0
53.7
2.3
6.2
1.5
36,834
15,931
9,142
2,055
1,599
1,096
1,625
2,312
+1559
15Chris Webber
C. Webber
1.5
675
37.7
21.1
10.0
4.4
1.3
8.8
18.7
47.2
0.3
1.0
30.0
3.2
4.7
66.9
50.8
2.6
7.3
2.8
25,474
14,259
6,724
2,963
989
906
1,911
2,167
+1526
16Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
1.5
1,118
29.4
10.4
4.8
2.1
0.3
3.7
8.8
42.2
1.4
4.1
35.1
1.5
2.1
73.1
53.5
1.0
3.8
1.3
32,912
11,593
5,356
2,379
1,628
355
1,473
2,205
+936
17Gerald Wallace
G. Wallace
1.4
832
29.7
11.9
5.8
2.1
0.8
4.2
9.0
46.9
0.5
1.6
31.2
3.0
4.2
70.9
54.9
1.4
4.4
1.8
24,731
9,933
4,838
1,725
1,200
681
1,486
1,829
-176
18Tom Gugliotta
T. Gugliotta
1.4
763
30.9
13.0
7.3
2.8
0.6
5.1
11.3
45.1
0.3
1.0
28.4
2.5
3.4
75.7
50.9
2.1
5.2
2.3
23,556
9,895
5,589
2,140
1,079
492
1,735
1,884
-131
19Karl Malone
K. Malone
1.4
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
20John Drew
J. Drew
1.4
639
30.6
21.2
7.3
1.6
0.3
7.6
16.2
47.1
0.0
0.1
12.9
6.0
8.0
74.4
53.8
3.1
4.2
2.8
19,568
13,553
4,668
1,054
894
189
1,168
2,368
21Andrei Kirilenko
A. Kirilenko
1.4
797
30.0
11.8
5.5
2.7
1.8
3.9
8.3
47.4
0.5
1.5
31.0
3.5
4.6
75.4
57.1
1.8
3.7
1.9
23,916
9,431
4,352
2,169
1,097
1,461
1,518
1,605
+1445
22Thaddeus Young
T. Young
1.4
1,172
28.2
12.1
5.6
1.8
0.4
5.2
10.4
50.3
0.4
1.4
32.8
1.2
1.8
66.1
54.1
2.0
3.7
1.4
33,012
14,225
6,614
2,135
1,612
458
1,641
2,486
-276
23Bobby Jones
B. Jones
1.4
774
26.1
11.5
5.5
2.4
1.3
4.4
8.0
55.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.5
78.0
60.4
1.7
3.8
1.8
20,177
8,911
4,256
1,888
1,050
982
1,217
2,104
24Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1.3
848
31.3
11.2
4.7
4.3
0.5
4.1
8.9
46.3
0.9
2.8
33.1
2.1
3.0
69.1
55.0
0.8
3.9
1.7
26,555
9,521
4,024
3,639
1,144
444
1,414
1,361
+2956
25Gar Heard
G. Heard
1.3
583
26.6
8.9
8.0
1.8
1.3
3.7
8.9
41.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.2
65.8
44.9
2.3
5.7
1.2
15,493
5,167
4,653
1,060
784
780
349
1,711
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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.472
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13
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2
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19
.642
5.5
3
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.630
6.0
4
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.611
7.0
5
32
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.593
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6
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9.5
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29
.473
14.5
10
25
29
.463
15.0
11
24
30
.444
16.0
12
21
30
.412
17.5
13
15
37
.288
24.0
14
14
38
.269
25.0
15
14
40
.259
26.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
41
13
.759
2
37
16
.698
3.5
3
33
19
.635
7.0
4
34
20
.630
7.0
5
32
21
.604
8.5
6
33
22
.600
8.5
7
32
22
.593
9.0
8
29
25
.537
12.0
9
26
28
.481
15.0
10
25
28
.472
15.5
11
20
32
.385
20.0
12
19
34
.358
21.5
13
17
37
.315
24.0
14
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40
.273
26.5
15
12
43
.218
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